I am curious if that law was lobbied for by healthcare providers to protect their own profits. I also take issue with the government pandering to such special interests, however, that is a whole separate debate
AARP lobbied for the ACA (supposedly on behalf of seniors) to the tune of $41.6 million dollars
AARP sells secondary insurance that amends Medicare coverage.
AARP sells their coverage through United Health - one of the biggest insurers in the US.
Obama and his cabinet met with AARP on 24 occasions while the ACA was being debated. He never met with 1 single non-lobbyist employed physician.
ACA passes and AARP is not rolling in kickbacks from selling UH policies as AARP policies - but it's all legitimate
The GOP was not even consulted with when the ACA was being debated. The democrats were only looking after their liberal base and cut them out of the picture completely because they had a super-majority in both bodies of congress. Ironically, now the AARP is against Obamacare as they can now see how bad of a law it is.